After descending the mountain, my aloof fiancée became completely devoted to me.

This group of people knew that the gap between them was huge, but they still risked their lives to attack him. They didn't want to take his life at all; they were clearly just deliberately delaying him!

"Let's go down the mountain."

Lin Ping spoke in a deep voice, then, without lingering, strode straight down to the city at the foot of the mountain.

Adele and Arlene followed closely by his side, the two women on his left and right, never leaving his side, their eyes filled with complete trust and devotion.

As we sped along, the clouds and mist of Lingyun Mountain were left far behind, and the outline of the bustling city gradually became clear.

Half an hour later, the three landed steadily in front of the Shen family manor.

The scene that caught his eye instantly chilled Lin Ping's aura.

The once grand and orderly Shen family mansion, with its elegant courtyard, is now a scene of utter devastation.

The high walls were all torn down, the buildings were razed to the ground, and the ground was covered with broken bricks and tiles, overgrown with weeds. The entire Shen family home was deserted and deathly silent.

Adele frowned slightly and said softly, "This place... has been completely emptied out."

Aru clenched her fists, her voice filled with anger: "Such ruthless methods, even demolishing the house directly, it was clearly premeditated."

Without uttering a word, Lin Ping's figure blurred as he swept into the ruins.

He ran his fingertips over the dilapidated foundation, his fingertips slightly clenched, sensing the faint remaining breath, a chill surging through his heart.

The entire Shen family, numbering in the dozens, vanished into thin air, and their house was completely demolished, leaving no trace.

"Go find Li Wenliang."

Li Wenliang was a close confidant of the Shen family, responsible for managing all of the Shen family's worldly affairs. As long as he was still alive, he would surely know the truth.

The three of them quickly crossed the streets and alleys, heading straight for Li Wenliang's residence.

A moment later, Li Wenliang pushed open the door and saw Lin Ping coming towards him. His face was blank and his eyes were extremely unfamiliar.

He frowned slightly, his tone polite yet distant: "Sir, do we know each other? Do you need something from me?"

This question caused Adele and Arlene's expressions to change simultaneously.

Lin Ping's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he stepped forward, his fingertips directly gripping Li Wenliang's crown.

"Don't move."

As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of remaining pure internal energy slowly seeped into Li Wenliang's sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, countless fragmented and blank memories appeared before Lin Ping's eyes.

All memories of Lin Ping in Li Wenliang's mind were completely erased.

The two had known each other, joined forces to protect Shen, and had no recent interactions whatsoever.

Even everything that happened in the last two days was wiped out.

Lin Ping withdrew his hand, his eyes icy cold.

"The memory was deliberately erased; the method was extremely sophisticated."

Li Wenliang looked terrified and backed away repeatedly, saying, "Who...who are you? I don't understand what you're saying! If you keep this up, I'll call the police!"

Lin Ping didn't bother to say anything more to him; all the clues in his mind instantly connected.

Earth veins!

He instantly understood the root of everything.

The Shen family has been ordinary for generations, with no martial arts cultivation, no peerless skills, and no top power, yet they have stubbornly guarded this ancestral land for a hundred years, refusing to move despite being threatened with heavy money and pressured by powerful figures.

Outsiders were unaware of the reason, but Lin Ping knew perfectly well—beneath the ancestral land of the Shen family lay a great earth vein that nourished the region!

Such treasures are useless to ordinary mortals, but they are a heaven-defying opportunity that martial arts masters and evil forces dream of.

Controlling this ley line can alter one's cultivation level, break shackles, and gather fortune. However, if it falls into the hands of evil villains, they can use the power of the ley line to cultivate evil techniques and set up dangerous formations, which would be enough to overturn the entire martial arts landscape of China, shake the foundation of secular society, and cause a great disaster!

This is the real reason why he insisted on going down the mountain despite everything and returning to the Shen family, even though Master Mo Ran advised against it!

"Back to the old house foundation!"

Lin Ping let out a low shout, his figure transforming into a blur as he burst forth.

Adele and Aru didn't dare to delay, and they gathered their strength and followed closely behind him.

In an instant, the three rushed back to the foundation of the old house in the center of the Shen family ruins.

The core array eye, which was originally used to suppress the earth veins and stabilize the dragon energy, is now empty.

The ground was as smooth as a mirror, the remaining dragon vein aura had completely dissipated, and the majestic and profound earth energy from the ground had vanished without a trace.

The earth's veins were forcibly extracted and moved!

Lin Ping stood in the center of the ruins, his body surrounded by an extremely low pressure.

Assassinations on the mountain and ambushes on the way are never the killing moves, but merely distractions!

The enemy calculated the time he would be trapped in Lingyun Mountain, and anticipated that his healing would be limited and he would be unable to spare any time, so they used countless cannon fodder to delay his descent from the mountain.

Taking advantage of the short time he was distracted, they erased the memories of all those in the know, wiped out all members of the Shen family, demolished the mansion, and shifted the earth's veins, completing a watertight plunder!

"A clever plan."

Lin Ping chuckled softly, his eyes surging with murderous intent.

The opponent's methods are secretive and their strength is terrifying. They can erase the memories of ordinary people in batches and silently strip away the earth's veins. Their foundation is unfathomable.

What's even more terrifying is that the entire plan was meticulously laid out, leaving no room for error, and even the Immortal Master Mo Ran was completely unaware of it.

This matter involves too many people. Once it is leaked, Lingyun Mountain will inevitably be drawn into the conflict. No one can stop the monstrous chaos caused by the abnormal movement of the earth's veins. That is why he kept silent throughout the whole process and did not mention a single word to Immortal Master Mo Ran.

Adele walked to his side and gently comforted him, "Sir, the other party has been planning this for a long time and has a complete plan. It's not your fault."

Aru clenched her fists, her eyes filled with arrogance and anger: "No matter who did it! We'll investigate to the end and reclaim the ley lines!"

Just then, four sinister laughs suddenly rang out from the shadows of the surrounding ruins.

"Haha, what a pity, what a pity."

Four figures in black slowly emerged from behind the crumbling wall, their aura sinister and eerie, several times more powerful than the assassins who had ambushed them on the way.

The leader, his face covered by a black robe, stared intently at Lin Ping with dark, eerie eyes. His tone was mocking: "You escaped from Lingyun Mountain and rushed back, but unfortunately, you were too late."

"Lin Ping, you risked your life to rush back to the Shen family, wasn't it all for this ley line?"

"Now that the land veins have changed hands and the Shen family has been destroyed, what trouble can you, a mere cripple with only one-tenth of your cultivation left, possibly cause?"

Another man stepped forward, his face full of sarcasm: "We deliberately left a few assassins to delay you, so you could witness firsthand the ley lines we've protected for centuries being taken away, and taste the bitterness of being powerless to stop it!"

Lin Ping slowly raised his eyes, and a faint, indifferent smile appeared on his originally cold face.

So what if one-tenth of one's cultivation level is enough?

Even with ninety percent of his cultivation sealed, he was still a top master who had suppressed contemporary martial arts and crushed countless evil paths.

Pretending to be weak while actually being strong has always been his most adept tactic.

"You guys, are you deliberately staying here to die?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his seemingly weak aura suddenly tightened, revealing a hidden, formidable sharpness waiting to be unleashed.

The four men in black robes laughed wildly upon hearing the sound. They simultaneously unleashed their evil power, and four jet-black claws, imbued with intense malevolent energy, lunged at Lin Ping, intending to severely injure his weakened cultivation with a single blow!

Adele raised her hand, forming a shield of spiritual energy to block in front of her.

Alu flashed forward, her palm strike fierce, directly attacking the enemy's flank.

"Step back."

Lin Ping raised his hand to gently stop the two women, and stepped forward alone to face the four fierce killing moves.

A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and an overwhelming counterattack was about to begin.

Unbeknownst to anyone, the mastermind behind the theft of the earth's veins is currently lurking in the top tier of the city, wielding a terrifying power capable of overturning everything, and has even set its sights on all of Lin Ping's confidantes!